Has anyone actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com?

Started by Abigail Taylor · ·10 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#safety #app #general

Abigail Taylor
Joined Jun 2017
1,910 posts
#1

Posting this after roughly a year on actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com? — safety & verifica — most of what I had read didn't hold up.

The recurring problem is that the account activity indicator shows the same faces on a loop, which is the real problem with mobile dating apps.

The pattern I keep seeing is that for the average user, how recently a profile was active tends to decide how long a conversation lasts.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com? — safety & veri in practice:

  • Has anyone found the opposite when the safety side is the main worry?
  • Does that change much in somewhere outside the capitals?
  • Is anyone getting different results in somewhere outside the capitals?
  • Has anyone compared the two directly if you are dealing with the safety side?

Direct experience of this is what I'm after.

MonicaS
Joined Aug 2023
1,379 posts
#2

Nothing changes the proportion of real accounts you see as much as how often you open the app.

Reading profiles properly before swiping was the only change that showed up in the numbers, which surprised me.

Rendate has been the steadier of the ones I run if you are testing a few at once.

Curious what others found at least on the the safety side side.

GavinR
Joined Mar 2017
1,042 posts
#3

Echoing this — @MonicaS, the argument about verification deserves more attention than it gets.

On mobile dating apps, deleting everything and starting over turned it from a chore into something workable for people in the middle of the pack.

The checklist I ended up with for mobile dating apps:

  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, which matters most on mobile dating apps.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one — the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, because the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, especially for people in the middle of the pack.

For a straight comparison, Luvdate — the profiles feel more current than most.

Is there a way to check before signing up with mobile dating apps?

Nathan Walker
Joined Feb 2017
1,774 posts
#4

How specific you are about what you want is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the app's star rating for people in the middle of the pack.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the recommendation engine resets every time the app updates, which is the real problem with mobile dating apps.

Adding Datenest to the list and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Avery Jackson
Joined Feb 2022
3,005 posts
#5

The pattern I keep seeing is that how narrow your filters are has a bigger effect on response rate than the size of the company behind it, though it varies enormously by city.

ZoeOnline
Joined May 2022
2,645 posts
#6

For what it is worth, on mobile dating apps, how recently a profile was active outweighs the boost you paid for.

The one change that worked was moving to a call early — it produced better matches within about ten days once the safety side was the priority.

Rendate is worth twenty minutes — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Ethan Parker
Joined Oct 2021
1,517 posts
#7

For what it is worth, when the safety side is the issue, the size of the pool within ten miles beats how many matches you accumulate.

What actually held up on actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com? — safety & verifica:

  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, and doubly so for people in the middle of the pack.
  • Tell a friend where you are going — the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it if the safety side is your main concern.
SophieR
Joined Apr 2017
2,423 posts
#8

Would that apply in a smaller town when you factor in this?

The one change that worked was reading profiles properly before swiping — it made a bigger difference than switching platforms.

KaitlynB
Joined Dec 2020
2,267 posts
#9

The pattern I keep seeing is that the quality of your first message is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the price of the subscription.

On mobile dating apps, deleting everything and starting over stopped the conversations dying at day two.

Boiled down, for anyone weighing up safety & verifica:

  • Tell a friend where you are going if the safety side is your main concern.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking if the safety side is your main concern.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.

I have had a decent run on Datelink — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

TrentH
Joined Dec 2019
2,785 posts
#10

The gap between the quality of your first message and how many matches you accumulate is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided.

Open to being wrong if you're on mobile dating apps.

Evelyn Moore
Joined Jan 2025
1,941 posts
#11

The thing I didn't expect was that the block function produces a template reply and closes the ticket, especially once the safety side comes into it.

On mobile dating apps, picking one platform and sticking with it improved things more than any paid feature with the question.

For what it is worth, the honesty of the bio explains more of how long a conversation lasts than whether it has a swipe interface ever did, but that was months ago and things move.

What I would tell someone starting on actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com? — safety & verifica:

  • Never move money under any framing if the safety side is your main concern.
  • Set a daily time limit, and doubly so for people in the middle of the pack.
  • Read the profile before you send anything if the safety side is your main concern.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, and doubly so for people in the middle of the pack.

Adjust for your own situation when it comes to actually met a real person on onlinebootycall com? — safety & veri specifically.

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